Oh, I didn't realize we could go old school on this... Thanks Eric, that was just too funny
Kevin Sent from my Nokia phone -----Original Message----- From: Eric Cope Sent: 02/20/2010 10:17:58 PM Subject: Re: One vote for Fortran! On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 9:14 PM, Alan Dayley <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 8:36 PM, Vaughn Treude <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 02/20/2010 08:01 PM, keith smith wrote: > >> I'm old school and would suggest learning plain old C. Then you can > branch out to other languages. > >> > >> ------------------------ > >> Keith Smith > > > > I second that. C is simple and versatile, and spawned off a whole family > > of other language such as C++ and Java. > > Vaughn Treude > > I would not describe C as simple. It is a small language (low number > of reserved words and operators) but it's highly versatile nature and > closeness to the hardware makes it very capable and dangerous. And so > not simple, in my mind. > > It has been my bread and butter for 20+ years so I do love it. > > Alan > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- Eric Cope http://cope-et-al.com --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
